This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the
author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. As you might have guessed, Rex and Leif are based
on us as teenagers and Bleak Creek is loosely based on our hometown of Buies Creek. And Ben is a
tribute to a very close friend. Otherwise, the rest of the book is strictly a result of our wild
imaginings. If there is any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead (or undead), events, or
locales, it is entirely coincidental.